Lemon Italian Gelato (Gelato di Limone)
Recipe: #5218
April 19, 2012
Categories: Lemon, Italian, 5 Ingredients Or Less, Baby Shower, July 4th, Ice Cream Maker, Fat Free, Heart Healthy, Low Fat, Low Sodium, No Eggs, Vegan, Vegetarian, more
"This is really refreshing in the hot months of summer and completely fat-free! If you don't have an ice cream maker the slush may be frozen in an airtight container in the freezer stirring about every 35-40 minutes until slushy."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (126.5 g)
- Calories 208.8
- Total Fat - 8.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.3 g
- Cholesterol - 4.7 mg
- Sodium - 125.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 33.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.7 g
- Sugars - 17.5 g
- Protein - 2.6 g
- Calcium - 25.2 mg
- Iron - 1.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 43.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In a saucepan, bring sugar and water to a boil with the lemon peel; simmer uncovered for 10 minutes stirring. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Step 2
Squeeze the lemons and strain out any seeds. Add to the cooled syrup. Add more sugar to taste if needed. If mixture is too acidic, water can be added until the mixture tastes like strong lemonade. Freeze in an ice cream freezer, churning until slushy.
Tips
No special items needed.